The Patriots announced on Wednesday that Matt Light will be the next former player inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame and the 11-year starter at left tackle is a worthy addition to that group.
Another player who could be up for induction one day is the guy who replaced Light at left tackle in 2012. Nate Solder was an obvious choice to replace Light back then, but the team doesn’t have the same kind of sure Womens Steve Atwater Jersey thing in place now that Solder has moved on to the Giants as a free agent.

While speaking to the media on Wednesday, Light said that Solder is not someone you can just replace.

Light and Solder each missed big chunks of seasons with injuries, but it has been a largely steady two decades at a key position thanks to their presence. Be it first-round pick Isaiah Wynn or someone else, the Patriots would love to find a successor who could extend that to 2018 and beyond.Game Mens Casey Hayward Jersey
The Personal Conduct Policy expressly encompasses [c]rimes of dishonesty such as blackmail, extortion, fraud, money laundering, or racketeering. The NFL, by referring to the situation as a civil matter in its comment on the Manning situation, apparently has concluded that, without a prosecution, there can be no crime of fraud 鈥?even if actual fraud has occurred.

Of course, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott wasn’t prosecuted, charged, or even sued in civil court. But he was suspended six games for violating the Personal Conduct Policy.

As explained last month, there’s a fine line (and maybe no line) between civil and criminal fraud. If the NFL wanted to use the allegations of memorabilia fraud, the evidence generated during the trial, the fact that Eli Manning settled the lawsuit in lieu of testifying in open court about the situation (including but not limited to answering aggressive questions about an email message in which he asked for 2 helmets that can pass as game used) as the basis for an investigation, it easily could have. Arguably, given the extent to which the Personal Conduct Policy and other league policies premised on the integrity of and public confidence in the professional football are applied to other players, the NFL should have.Budda Baker Kids Jersey